Screeching, Jumping and Anticipating Four It started with climbing on the dining room table. At the time I just thought JB was being and adventurous toddler. I have to admit at first I would get all worked up about it but soon I realized he wasn’t afraid. He loved climbing and it seemed like he […]

Fun Family Dining at Miller’s Smorgasbord My family and I traveled to Lancaster, PA to celebrate my birthday this year. Usually we would just stay in Maryland and head to the outlets in Hagerstown, but we visited Lancaster two summers ago and had lots of fun so we figured we would try it for a […]

WWE Superstars for Hope Fundraiser Today WWE announced the launch of Superstars for Hope, a fundraising campaign on Indiegogo, the world’s largest crowdfunding platform, to benefit Special Olympics and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford in honor of Connor’s Cure. The announcement was made exclusively on Twitter by WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, WWE Hall […]

Have Your Coffee Without the Jitters with Organo Gold One of my main reasons for staying away from energy and products with lots of caffeine is jitters and anxiety. It’s a major reason why I don’t know drink coffee often. When Organo Gold reached out to me about trying their signature blend of coffee that […]

Pura D’or Hair & Skin Care Products Review Now that I have natural hair I have to make sure the products I use are safe and healthy for my hair. Transitioning from relaxed hair to natural is a delicate process and not using the right products can cause more damage to my hair. I’ve been […]

Big Hero 6 Arrives on Blu Ray & DVD My kids have been watching the same DVD for the past week and a half. We received a copy of Big Hero 6 early for review from Disney Home Entertainment and the kids have been enjoying it since it arrived. It was a perfect road trip […]

Organize Your Home with Smead With three little ones in school, it seems at times I have a home office. I can’t tell you how much those “important” notices from school add up when there are three children bringing them home each week. I needed to find a way to get organized and keep all […]

Springtime Home Decor Ideas It may still be chilly outside, but the end of winter’s now well and truly in sight. When the seasons do change and warmer weather arrives, you might feel inspired to revamp your home. For some simple yet effective springtime decorating ideas, keep reading. Brighten things up with a fresh lick […]

Yummy Ways to Cook with Steak Steak is a great choice when you are celebrating something or just feel like treating yourself and your family. I have a recipe book full of delicious ways to serve up steak, and here are just a few of the yummiest. Fried steak So comforting and indulgent at the […]

The Aviators DVD Review When I was a child growing up in Trinidad, our neighbor had a pidgin coup. He was training them to carry messages to one of his friend sin the neighborhood and return to his house. It always looked like he worked hard at it and according to his mother and others […]

College Scholarship for Arts from Wallpops College can be very expensive and certain majors are even more expensive than others. Having worked in Financial Aid I always suggest parents look for scholarships to help cut the cost of college and reduce the need for loans. Are you a high school senior or college freshman and […]

Write a Love Letter with Hallmark Cards I love cards, I like to send them and I like to receive them. My husband even knows that for me a lovely card goes a long way. See I prefer the art of letter writing and each year for Valentine’s Day since we started dating I would […]

Why McFarland Should Be A Must See Movie For Everyone Last November I had the opportunity to attend a blogger trip with Disney and ABC Television, on the first night of the trip we had a very special opportunity to be amongst the first to screen McFarland, USA. At the time the movie hadn’t even […]

Disney’s Alexander Blu-Ray Combo Pack Review We’ve all been there, we’ve all had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Well at least I have. It seemed that I was having a terrible, horrible, no go, very bad week about two weeks ago and it made me a little sad. In Disney’s Alexander and […]

Eat Better, Change Your Lifestyle with MealFit Every time you turn on your television you are almost guaranteed to see some sort of dieting ad geared towards both men and women. If I took the time to count them I know there would be quite a few. I was skinny for most of my life […]

My name is Nickida, the founder and author of Nicki’s Random Musings. I am happily married and a mother for four amazing children. I’ve been blogging on and off for almost five years. My first blog was about becoming a better wife and I shared about my journey to being a Submissive & Praying Wife after two years I took a break from blogging and started again with a few other blogs about various topics ranging from ways to find free items online, online games, baby freebies and couponing. In 2012 I started blogging more often than in the past first doing mainly my Wordless Wednesday and Tuesday 10 posts, since then my blog has evolved and grown to include much more that random musings of family life.

Nicki’s Sweet Treats

I recently shared on my baking fan page Nicki’s Sweet Treats that I was planning on making a different cupcake a week fifty two weeks. While I have to admit already it’s been a bit harder than I thought I am still working on sticking as close to the challenge as possible. That’s still my goal […]

I am working on getting better at posting the cupcakes I bake but I have been baking weekly cupcakes like I said I would. I love these white velvet cupcakes, I adapted them from Rose’s Heavenly Cakes. I had to change some things to make it easier for me to bake since some of the […]

I was so excited about making these cookies and cream cupcakes. Its was so easy and they tasted great. I used about eight cookies in mines but you can add more or use less in your recipe. Its all about the amount to cookies you want to see in your finished product. I thought […]

Copycat Cheddar Bay Biscuits I absolutely love the Cheddar Bay Biscuits at Red Lobster and sometime I go to the restaurant just so I can some to bring home with me. The problem is they really don’t heat up well. It also helps that it’s one of my son’s favorite restaurants so whenever we give the kids […]